“Our investment image is actually the sum of all here presented investment images: all departments, the organizations - and parts which are certainly not present here. Therefore the condition of our investment climate and perception of our state, our economy, in the opinion of investors, after all will also depend on our coordinated work.”
D. Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation

24.09.2013EBRD Chief Sees Opportunity in 'Sluggish' Russia // The Moscow Times
EBRD president Suma Chakrabarti acknowledged Tuesday that Russia's sputtering economy combined with deeply ingrained problems such as corruption and a weak court system were deterring both foreign and domestic investors. But he insisted that the opportunities continued to far outweigh the risks and said the Russian authorities were taking much-needed steps to improve the business climate.

The National Council for Investment Climate Development is an independent, non-profit entity. It works with all concerned parties, including state authorities, to analyze the current situation and create concepts and proposals to improve the general and specific investment climate in Russia.

Turning around Russia’s capital outflow // Russia Today
With Russia is seeing a massive capital outflow Business RT spoke with Yury Voiñehovsky, Chairman of the National Council for Investment Climate Development about the expected impact of the new $10 billion state backed investment fund.